These tools were designed to be used by a group to engage in discussion to review an assessment for complexity, congruency, item variety, and other factors that would help to highlight the similarity of an assessment to the Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA). Paired with the assessment templates, these tools can ensure support educators in developing rigorous assessments that prepare students for the KSA.
English Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
This review protocol was developed to use similar features to the KSA for Social Studies and to guide conversations around the items, resources variety, cluster set, grade-level appropriateness, congruency with the standards, and the norms.